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Is SHE for real?

Undoubtedly SHE is an idealistic goal, but it is practical

The survey also found that CEOs in India focus more on the company’s growth than on other financial matrixes.

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5 min read Last Updated : Sep 22 2023 | 10:33 PM IST

The title is not about a svelte model or an apsara from Divyalok. A reader asked me this question after reading my last few columns on SHE corporations — sustainable, humane, enlightened. The person felt that most “reputed” corporations were founded on skulduggery and ethical gore, though the degree differed.

Based on my professional experience, I dispute this view even though I appreciate why such a view could exist. Scottish-American philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, author of After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, went so far as to dismiss the possibility that a manager in a for-profit business could ever be

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